Taiyo Kagaku’s R&D
Leveraging various networks in Japan and abroad, Taiyo Kagaku aims to improve the speed of technological development, product quality, and cost competitiveness, aggressively promoting the collection, utilization, and fusion of external technologies. We are involved in a variety of initiatives in Japan and abroad such as joint research with academics who share the same topic and goals, and cooperation with hospitals. We are engaged in over 50 joint research efforts with outside institutions.
Taiyo Kagaku’s open innovation
Taiyo Kagaku would like to further develop its own core technology, creating new value through group effort, and contributing to humanity’s health and prosperous lifestyles. We uncover necessary technology and polish our own technology in the course of product development to create new value.
Additionally, we disclose Taiyo Kagaku’s proprietary technology and technology needs to the public, and aggressively engage in the collection and utilization of outside technology information.
We eagerly await your proposals
We make public the currently required technological needs as follows.
Please send us a wide range of proposals.
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TechnologyIncrease the body’s absorption of health ingredients
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- Types of technology wanted
- Technology
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- Topic background
- Taiyo Kagaku has studied over many years on how to improve the bioavailability of health ingredients that use the Nutrition Delivery System (NDS). Using our “interface control technology” that we excel at, we have already verified NDS technology based benefits with ferric pyrophosphate and lutein. Improving the bioavailability of functional ingredients is likely to become even more necessary in this era where health is increasingly valued.
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- Challenges
- We have studied insoluble effective components in a variety of ways such as dispersing insoluble substances in water, and we think it will be necessary to deliver soluble materials to the site of absorption in water without dissolving it. Additionally, we think that methods of measuring bioavailability to actually verify it are a necessary element for further polishing the technology.
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- Overview of technology wanted
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- Please provide technology for coating the water-soluble substance (powder) such that it doesn’t dissolve in water. We would like a particle diameter no greater than 0.5mm, but some applications may permit a larger diameter, so please send us a wide range of information first.
- Please provide a simple method to measure absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract.
If you can suggest a method for resolving these issues, please go over the notes for consideration, then respond via the “proposal form”.
We await your responses.
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IngredientBiologically active substance which must be dispersed into water
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- Types of technology wanted
- Ingredient
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- Topic background
- Taiyo Kagaku has successfully dispersed an oil-soluble substance into water, controlled flavor, and controlled appearance with interface control based on the design and manufacturing technology of emulsifiers which it excels at. These technologies are used in beverage development, and are recognized as technologies that promote a flavorful, abundant lifestyle. We think that the technology for biologically active substances, an increasingly spotlighted category in which new ingredients are being developed on a daily basis, must be further developed.
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- Challenges
- We are searching for ingredients for which there is demand for wider use in the food industry. We eagerly await many proposals from those of you researching biologically active substances.
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- Overview of ingredients in demand
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- Oil-soluble biologically active substances
- Crystalline biologically active substances with a high melting point
If you can suggest a method for resolving these issues, please go over the notes for consideration, then respond via the “proposal form”.
We await your responses.
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TechnologyNew refinement and separation methods
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- Types of technology wanted
- Technology
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- Topic background
- Taiyo Kagaku has accumulated over 70 years of research as a pioneer of food emulsifiers. This has led to many patent awards, and our emulsifier technology is now widely used in the food product industry. Consumer demands for food products are now diversifying, and they await the development of not just past developed emulsifiers, but also highly functioning emulsifiers and ingredients with emulsion functionality. The range of design for emulsifiers is expanding by extracting and refining new substances that serve as raw materials for emulsifiers. With new component separation made possible, Taiyo Kagaku believes it can develop emulsifiers with new functions through its emulsifier design and manufacturing technology developed over the years.
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- Challenges
- We study a variety of separation and refinement methods of surfactants, but there are structures for which separation is difficult. We suspect that we can figure out an original activating capacity for structures which couldn’t be separated in the past.
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- Overview of technology wanted
- Please provide us with a new separation method that even permits separation of compounds with similar boiling points and polarity.
If you can suggest a method for resolving these issues, please go over the notes for consideration, then respond via the “proposal form”.
We await your responses.
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TechnologyNew emulsion, solubilization, and dispersion methods
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- Types of technology wanted
- Technology
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- Topic background
- To create a wider range of possibilities, emulsion is being used in a variety of sectors such as industrial, cosmetics, and food products, but these emulsions cannot move from laboratory level to application in actual industrialization unless a variety of conditions such as emulsion methods, emulsion ingredients, and emulsion equipment are in place. Leveraging strengths derived from many years researching interface control technology, as well as activity in a wide range of industrial sectors such as food products, cosmetics, and industrial products, Taiyo Kagaku has indeed been involved in the R&D effort to apply new emulsion technology to industry through commercialization. We believe that new possibilities can be uncovered with emulsion and solubilization technologies not currently industrialized, as well as ingredients and equipment for achieving it.
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- Challenges
- Acquire methods for stable emulsion and solubilization of oil-soluble substances into water, and new technology information on ingredients and devices.
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- Overview of technology wanted
- Anticipated technology will enable emulsion with unprecedented features and preparation of solubilizing substances. These unprecedented features include high stability in water and sensory properties for all types. We invite proposals from all perspectives, such as equipment for emulsion and solubilization, devices, ingredients, emulsion methods, and new theories.
If you can suggest a method for resolving these issues, please go over the notes for consideration, then respond via the “proposal form”.
We await your responses.
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TechnologyOther technology wanted
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- Types of technology wanted
- Technology
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- Topic background
- Recognized for its results in a wide range of research fields in 70 years as an R&D type company, Taiyo Kagaku seeks various other technologies.
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- Challenges
- Not disclosed
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- Overview of technology wanted
- Technology for extracting natural products (method to selectively separate target components from natural ingredients. There are a variety of target components such as water-soluble / oil-soluble and low-molecular / high-molecular components, so please also indicate which substances are separable.)
- Sterilization technology for powder (please suggest a new sterilization method that can be used on food and is not well-known.)
If you can suggest a method for resolving these issues, please go over the notes for consideration, then respond via the “proposal form”.
We await your responses.
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IngredientOther ingredients wanted
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- Types of technology wanted
- Ingredient
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- Topic background
- Recognized for its results in a wide range of research fields in 70 years as an R&D type company, Taiyo Kagaku seeks various other ingredients.
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- Challenges
- Not disclosed
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- Overview of ingredients in demand
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- Anti-oxidant ingredients (needed to solubilize in water)
- Overall biologically active ingredients (raw natural substances, extracts, isolated functional substances, etc.)
If you can suggest a method for resolving these issues, please go over the notes for consideration, then respond via the “proposal form”.
We await your responses.
Notes for consideration
Please fill out the “proposal form” after verifying and agreeing to the following items.
- Does not infringe on the rights of a third party
- Does not include items for which duty of confidentiality has been exchanged with a third party
- Does not create a contractual relationship between your company and Taiyo Kagaku
- Your company shall not assert rights vis-a-vis Taiyo Kagaku based only on this content
- Confidential information is not included (Taiyo Kagaku cannot assume a duty of confidentiality for the proposal)
Taiyo Kagaku will consult internally about the proposal content.
- We will contact you back if we would like to hear more details about the proposal content.
- We generally respond to proposals within five business days, but depending on the details we may need more time for the response or be unable to respond. We apologize in advance.
